CRICKET—CANTERBURY v NEW SOUTH WALES.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8696, 19 January 1894, Page 3

CRICKET—CANTERBURY v NEW SOUTH WALES.

TO THB EDITOR Or THS PRESS. Sir,—There are several suggestions that I should like to make to. our Cricket Association in view of the match against New South Wales :— First, that after five o'clock each day the price for admission should bo reduced from Is to 6d. Second, that better means should be devised for informing the public, both the names of the visiting players and the progress of the game. Third, that scoring - cards ehould be printed and sold in the same way as is done at county matches in England. If these suggestions were carried out I am sure they"would be much appreciated by the public, and would mean very little expense to the Association.—Yours, &c, Cricketer. Christchurch, January 18th, 1894.

THE VOLUNTEERS. TO THE KDITOR OF THE PRKSS.

Sik, — Several of your correspondents have recently endeavoured to arouse some public interest in the Volunteer quest iou, apparently so far with but little result- The fact of the matter is that both the public and their representatives treat this question as a sealed book, and leave it in the bands of * few professing soldiers, who, in some cases, know less about it than their employers—the unfortunate taxpayers. Any ordinary member of the House of Representatives knows that a rifle that will probably in action kill more of its friende than enemies can scarcely be the weapon to put into the hands of the poor, deluded Voluuteer, who haa " lots of pluck" and who will, if occasion arises, aa it assuredly wilt, attempt to irritate any enemy who may come to our shores by firing at him with a weapon as effective at long ranges as a pop-gun. It does not require an export to point out that cannon, with ammunition a size too large, will scarcely blow the Russian off New Brighton beach, or that half-drilled men under inefficient officers will do aught else than sacrifice themselvee, and briug shame and disgrace on the colony. The ouly way, in my opinion, to bring scheming politicians and a careless public to the extreme gravity of the situation is for the Volunteers to resign en masse, and in advising this, I feel they • would be doing a great service to their country.— Yours, &c, Anti-Sham.